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Women's March movement distances itself from Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan
Statement comes nine days after antisemitic remarks at conference last month
March 7, 2018 08:56
Statement comes nine days after antisemitic remarks at conference last month
March 7, 2018 08:56The Women's March movement has attempted to distance itself from African-American activist and minister Louis Farrakhan's antisemitic remarks at a Nation of Islam conference last month.
Mr Farrakhan, who leads the black nationalist group Nation of Islam, told the audience at its annual Saviours' Day event that “the powerful Jews are my enemy.”
He later added during his speech on February 25: “the Jews were responsible for all of this filth and degenerate behaviour that Hollywood is putting out turning men into women and women into men.”
The Women's March was represented at the event by Tamika Mallory, one of its co-presidents, who has previously praised Mr Farrakhan on social media.
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